Method of assembling doors



June 5, 1928.

' H. C. MORRIS METHOD OF ASSEMBLING DOORS Filed June 28, 1927 Patented June 5, 19 28.

UNITED STATES HUBERT C. MORRIS, OF-ALBANY,'Y OREGON.

METHOD or AssEMBLIne Doonsapplication filed June 28,

invention relatesto a method of as sembling doors, particularly garage doors that have a panel, occupying a large portion of such door, composed offstrips held together by cross braces. 7

My invention has for its purpose, the

tures of application and methodv of pro-.

cedure, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appended claims, and a preferred formof embodimentof which is hereinafter shown with reference to the draw-Q this specification; l I

In the drawings I Fig. 1 is a door in'front elevation of the. abkind upon which my method may be successfully used in the. manufacture of the Fig. 2 is a plan elevation of an assembly frame showing a panel partially assembled thereon. I

Fig. 3 is a plan elevation of an assembly frame showing a panel completely assembled thereon. I

Fig. 4 is an end elevation partially broken away illustrating the frame and the panel assembly thereon. I I

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the completed panel.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatical"illustration of 40 the assembly of the panel between the rails and stiles of a door.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Fig. 1 illustrates a door to which my method of making doors is particularly applicable, wherein 1, 2 and 3 respectively designate the top rail, center or look rail and the bottom rail, and 4: refers to the stiles thereof. Between the lock rail 2 and the top rail 1 are secured byusual tongue and groove assembly the top panels 5 and the center panels 6 which may be of any of the usual designs. Between the lock rail 2 and the lower or bottom rail 3 is the panel 7 which is composed of the individual tongue and groove units or strips 8 secured tos which accompany and form apart of construction, are inserted in 1927. Serial No. 202,126.

gethe'r and'braced 'bythe cross braces or diagonalsti'tfening members 9. The outer edges, as is usual in this character of door grooves provided in the stiles and rails.

of applicant, it has been the method to as seinble the units 8 one ata time between the bottom and lock rails, one of the stiles being left unmounted during the assembly and has proven to be a tedious and expensive method of assembly.

, PATENT OFFICE.

Heretofore, according 'to the knowledge" In the method disclosed herewith, the

unitsor strips 8 are preassembled and are .insertedbetween the stilesand the rails as a completed unit or panel 7 and is a'ccom-" plished by pro-assembling the strips 8 into panel 7 upon the assembly frame or table 10. 'The' table 10 is provided with a bed or; top 11 upon which are removably positioned the guide members or brackets 12. The V brackets 12- are to embrace the corners of o the panels tobe assembled. To-accommo--- jdatethe table to different sized panels the brackets12 are movable or positionable rel'a tlveto; oneanother, which is accomplished by providing-the asse'mbly'top with posi tioning holes 13 into which studs or-pins projecting on the underside of the brackets 12, not shown, are inserted.

The brackets 12 are relatively positioned upon the assembly top to define the size of panel to be constructed. The units 8 are then assembled therebetween as shown in Fig. 2, and fit snugly within the area outlined by the brackets 12. After the strips 8 have been assembled upon the table within the angle of each of the brackets 12, and

resting upon the strips 8 are placed the angular spacing members 14;. After the spacing members have been placed in position the diagonal brace or sifi'ening members are placed upon the units 8 and secured thereto. The diagonal brace members extend from one spacing member 'to another spaced from the outer edges of the panel by means of the spacing members 14, thereby allowing the units 8 to project beyond the cross bars for'insertion within the grooves within the stiles, lock or bottom rails, as the diagonally opposite, and havetheir ends structing the ddtr' vvith the preassembled panel is as follows: One stile 4 is placed up right upon its outer edge as shown in Fig. 6;

The bottom rail 3 is mounted thereto, the

lock rail 2 is partially mounted thereto at an angle. The panel 7 is next mounted by h'aving tWo converging edges thereof inserted into the converglng groovesof thestile 4' andthe bottom rail 3. The look rail 2 is moved toward the panel? allowing the outer; edges' thereof to enter; the g r'o'oyjegproyided' in the 9111 for its reception Arte-went the (the pane-1S maki' gfup the (loamy e mounted in like fashion between the' lock rail and the top rail 7 (this feature is not sho'ivn in'the drawings asthe inveaeoare late/gaudy to the, metho (it m'otnun g anels" of the multiple amt type fter thei remalining panels andcross bars are] in position, the remaining stilis place, thereby completlng the construction of .the; door.

Wh l m awa f fifliw fi eQI Y building or constructing is old in the art,

and therefore do not elaimthe same broadly'; but]; am not awarethat others have .con structed doors according to the metho d' dislclosed herein, and therefore as my invention I cIaim:

A method placing thebase stile o f'the doo in a 1n sustantially horizontal position, the placing ..9ne e d fil ac o t e ra o t e; eer, q t v st le t s p ted, nd the F ee of the panels next into place as completely assembling the p grooved stile"; inserting the preassembled ,secured' together diagfl I comprises uniting 'aa su icient' number of of as emb in doors wa assembled panels and in the fir'la lfplacing of the final stile into place and the fastening 0f the doo'r'together by any suitable fastening I 2. A method of assembling doors, consisting in prea'ssfnbling the panel units, then grooved rails and one panels between adj acent railsso that threeof i o er; flg i p er t tet we q i l grooves, andlastly seen '11 panels are inserted Within the grooves of the last men ionea stile,

3 manda oila' hi 1 a u a t l op' ni i xpr dea itl groo ed edges to receive a panel eoin b'seaof stri s'f TIA strips by means of diagonal braces, secured thereto mftrm. a panel ofithfe s'iZe' requi m, joining the bottom rail to one stile, inserting, the convergingedgsof the" panel-in coin; ve'rging'grooves. of the aforesaid stile and rail, oining'za. cross rail the aforesaid stile and the aforesaid panel so that edge of he panel penetrateslthereove revided therefor in saidtstile, 

